Posted on 10/24/2004 10:37:30 AM PDT by Y2Krap
This is GREAT! I'm saving this one to send to a few people I know...
Most intelligent libertarian post I've ever seen here.
That's a great saying. Too bad that some self-avowed anarcho-Libertarians claim that casting a vote is participating in violence.
Too bad that some self-avowed conservative-jihadics feel it necessary to make unfounded & ridiculous claims about libertarians.
Strange game.
I've believed this to be true all my life, I'm glad some people are finally coming around to getting it.
That reads like a Kerry endorsement.
Still not sure I believe that the letter is genuine.
I found a "real" e-mail address on the USC website and sent a quick note. (johnhospers@sprintmail.co) I'll see what happens.
AJ
Bill Maher is a bleeding heart liberal sycophant, pure and simple. If they pin the "largely independant" or "progressive" label on themselves, they're gutless liberals.
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Libertarian founding father - John Hospers -
is listed in the Los Angeles phone directory.
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
Delivery to the following recipients failed.
johnhospers@sprintmail.co
...just noticed. Might help to put a "c" in ".com"
Amen to that. If kerry is elected it will be awful for this country. So let's praise our Libertaian brother for this one.
God Bless
Of course it failed. You left off the "m" after "co"
That's what I meant to say...:-)
DOH!
There is a belief that's common among many libertarians that there is no essential difference between the Democrat and Republican Parties --
This is a common belief because both Parties, in between election cycles, can be seen to ignore our Constitution in every aspect of political life.
between a John Kerry and a George W. Bush administration;
Parties control 'administrations', not the President. Nixon found this to be true, and Clinton almost did.
or worse: that a Bush administration would be more undesirable. Such a notion could not be farther from the truth, or potentially more harmful to the cause of liberty.
Hype. -- I doubt there are many actual libertarians for Kerry.
The big "L" party has been taken over by radicals of both left & right, people that don't even bother to pay lip service to Constitutional libertarian principles.
- In their own way, these faux-"L"ibertarians are 'potentially just as harmful to the cause of liberty' as the RinoCrats they oppose.
In reality, the present political party system is flawed; our Presidency & its power should be above partisan politics, not subservient to it.
What will shift a lot of libertarian voters is the libertarian party's complete AWOL stance on the war on islamofascism.
Great post. I read John Hospers book in 1972 and it really helped change my worldview. But I concluded awhile back that the Libertarian Party was not the best vehicle for advancing libertarian goals, especially given the uglieness that has descended upon the evil Democratic Party in the past decade. This election is all about national sovereignty and our absolute right to self-defence, even if it pisses off the French.
FWIW...I contacted Dr. John Ray (this letter is on one of his blog sites too) and he said he receieved the letter directly from Dr. John Hospers in an e-mail. He claims he is certain it is genuine.
http://jonjayray.netfirms.com/main.html
I'd love to spread this around. Was this posted on a site? Any reliable verification online?
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